FIFA World Cup 2022 Score HIGHLIGHTS: France Beat Denmark 2-1, Go Through To Last 16
FIFA World Cup 2022 Score HIGHLIGHTS: Welcome to the LIVE football coverage of Australia vs Tunisia, Poland vs Saudi Arabia, and France vs Denmark on Saturday.
FULL TIME! France beat Denmark 2-1, Go through to last 16
SUBSTITUTION! Change for France: Youssouf Fofana replaces Antoine Griezmann
SUBSTITUTION! Change for Denmark: Alexander Bah replaces Rasmus Kristensen
Six minutes added as stoppage time
GOAL! It's Mbappe again!
France puts good pressure on Denmark defence in last couple of minutes
SUBSTITUTION! Change for Denmark: Kasper Dolberg replaces Mikkel Damsgaard
GOAL! Denmark equalise. Andreas Christensen heads it in from a corner.
SUBSTITUTION! Change for France: Marcus Thuram replaces Olivier Giroud
GOAL! Mbappe scores a goal to put France ahead.
50 mins gone, FRA 0-0 DEN. Denmark have made two shots on goal so far with none on target, while France made 13 attempts on goal with 3 on target.
Corner for Denmark, first of the second half
Three minutes added as stoppage time
YELLOW CARD! France's Jules Kounde is booked for a dangerous challenge on Victor Nelsson
YELLOW CARD! Denmark's Andreas Christensen is booked for a challenge on Kylian Mbappe
KICK OFF! France and Denmark get us underway at the Stadium 974!
Here is how Denmark line-up: Kasper Schmeichel (capt); Joachim Andersen, Andreas Christensen, Victor Nelsson; Rasmus Kristensen, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Christian Eriksen, Joakim Maehle; Jesper Lindstrom, Andreas Cornelius, Mikkel Damsgaard
Denmark Formation: 3-4-3
Here is how France line-up: Hugo Lloris (capt); Jules Kounde, Raphael Varane, Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernandez; Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot; Antoine Griezmann; Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe
France Formation: 4-2-1-3
Poland finally breaks Saudi Arabia's defence and have scored a goal to take 1-0 lead.
YELLOW CARDS! Matty Cash and Jakub Piotr Kiwior get yellow cards from refree for their respective tackles.
Poland has had most of the possession! They are creating many oppurtunities here and might soon score the opening goal.
Poland XI: Szczesny, Bereszynski, Kiwior, Glik, Cash, Zielinski, Krychowiak, Bielik, Frankowski, Milik, Lewandowski
Saudi Arabia XI: Al Owais, Abdulhamid, Al Amri, Al Bulayhi, Al Burayk, Alanjei, Al Malki, Kanno, Al Brikan, Al Dawsari, Al Sehri
Saudi Arabia vs Poland Group C match has kicked off at Education City Stadium, Ar-Rayyan.
Mitchell Duke has scored five goals in his last eight starts in all competitions for Australia, with four of these goals being headers.
Mitchell Duke's goal in the 23rd minute helps Australia beat Tunisia 1-0 in the Group D game.
Australia almost doubled their lead but Mathew Leckie misses a golden opportunity! Meanwhile, Tunisia's Ali Abdi gets a YELLOW CARD!
Tunisia are struggling at the moment. Full efforts from them but somehow they are missing the target. Meanwhile, Australia looks aggressive and is attacking their opponents from both left and right flank. Can they double the lead?
We are into the 2nd half, Australia have a 1-0 lead over Tunisia, courtesy Mitchell Duke's goal in early minutes of the match. Tunisia look desperate for a leveler.
Tunisia almost scored the leveller there, but missed out on a great oppurtunity as the ball hits the goal post.
Mitchell Duke broke the deadlock and strikes it for the Kangaroos. What a shot!! Australia are ahead in the game now.
Both teams are playing an attacking game here. The match is mostly going on in the midfield region as of now.
Australia XI: Ryan, Karacic, Souttar, Rowles, Behich, McGree, Mooy, Irvine, Leckie, Duke, Goodwin
Tunisia XI: Dahmen, Bronn, Meriah, Talbi, Drager, Skhiri, Laidouni, Abdi, Sliti, Jebali, Msakni
This is the sixth time in history that Tunisia are playing in the FIFA World Cup. Tunisia's power player is midfielder Aïssa Laïdouni who won the player of the match against Denmark in his first career World Cup match.
Background
Australia Vs Tunisia
Australia will be looking to make a comeback after their loss to France as they will be playing against Tunisia in the World Cup Group D campaign on Saturday. Australia collected their first goal against France in their first match but then they were not able to capitalize.
Tunisia on the other hand will be seeking to put themselves in a fantastic place to get out of Group D when they play against Australia at the World Cup. They stopped Denmark to a 0-0 draw.
Poland vs Saudi Arabia
Poland will be locking horns in a Group C match against Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Saudi Arabia are high on confidence after they outplayed Argentina by 2-1. Poland on the other hand will be playing this game after a goalless draw against Mexico. Poland and Saudi Arabia have faced each other four times and Poland have won all of these games and are up against Saudi Arabia.
France vs Denmark
France will be battling Denmark in a Group D fixture on Saturday. French are the defending champion and is considered one of the strongest contenders to win the world cup. They registered a brilliant 4-1 victory against Australia on Wednesday.
Denmark on the other side were denied a win by Tunisia. They will be depending on Kasper Dolberg and Mikkel Damsgaard to take responsibility against their opponents.
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